Master of Occupational Therapy: Admissions

Submit applications through The Centralized Application Service for Occupational Therapy (OTCAS). This program does not accept applications through the AHU website.

Please provide transcripts from each regionally accredited institution attended. Transcripts must be sent directly to OTCAS. We do not accept transcripts delivered directly to our campus. Coursework (prerequisite and the completion of a bachelor’s degree) can be outstanding at the time of application but both must be completed before the program begins each Fall.

View OTCAS transcript policies

We require course-by-course transcript evaluations of college work that has been done outside of the United States. Transcript evaluations must be done by World Education Services (WES) and sent to OTCAS.

View OTCAS Foreign Transcript policies

List any courses taken by College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced Placement (AP), and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam on your OTCAS application.

Possess a minimum cumulative college GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale).

Provide evidence for completing all prerequisites before program start date 

• Anatomy & Physiology I & II (with labs)
• General Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Sociology/Anthropology
• Statistics
• Medical Terminology
• Four credits of biology with lab or physics with lab or chemistry with lab

Provide evidence of completing a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution before program start date.

The GRE requirement has been suspended for the 2022-23 application cycle.

Three recommendations are required. These forms will need to be submitted through OTCAS.

View OTCAS Recommendations Frequently Asked Questions

Please submit a personal statement through OTCAS. Your personal essay should address the reasoning for selecting occupational therapy as a career and how an occupational therapy degree relates to your immediate and long term professional goals. Describe how your personal, educational, and professional background will help you to achieve your goals. Do not make this essay institution specific as the same essay will be sent to each institution that you apply to.

View OTCAS Personal Statement Instructions

In addition to OTCAS application fee, AHU also requires a $50 supplemental application fee, which can be paid online, by check, or over the phone at Call407-303-1631.

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Author an essay outlining the reason for choosing to attend a faith-based institution and why AHU is a primary choice. This will be submitted through the Program Materials section in OTCAS.

Please upload an updated resume through the Program Materials section in OTCAS.

Applicants for whom English is not their primary language or have graduated from a non-English speaking school must demonstrate English proficiency in one or the following ways:

• Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree from an institution where English is the primary language of instruction in the United States; or
  • A minimum score of 550 on the paper-based TOEFL exam; or
  • A minimum score of 213 on the computer-based TOEFL exam; or
  • A minimum score of 79 on the Internet-based TOEFL exam.

TOEFL scores can be submitted through OTCAS application.

If selected as a top applicant, we will contact the applicant for scheduling of an interview.

If you're accepted to our program, you will need to submit a nonrefundable $500 deposit to reserve your spot in our program. An acceptance letter will outline a deposit amount and deadline indicating when the deposit must be received. Once enrolled in the program, these funds will be applied to your student account. If you pay the deposit but decline to enroll in the program, you will forfeit the deposit. If you are admitted to the same program at a later date, we will require another full deposit. If you are admitted to the program with prerequisites in progress or bachelor’s degree in progress and become ineligible for admission due to incompletion; the deposit will be forfeited. A professional program deposit is not transferable to another program.